Guest policy

A guest is someone (MIT or non-MIT affiliated) who does not live in Warehouse.

Guests

You are permitted to have guests in the common areas of the residence hall and your Warehouse apartment, under the following conditions:

All guests must sign in at the front desk.

No guest will be allowed access beyond the lobby unless they are accompanied by a Warehouse resident.

When hosting an event in a Warehouse communal space, a resident may leave a guest list at the front desk, listing their name and phone number as well as the names of those attending the event. When guests arrive they must check-in at the front desk and, assuming they are on the guest list, they will be escorted to the area the event will be held by front desk staff. A separate guest list must be left for each event, even if the event will occur more than once.

Residents are responsible for the behavior of their guests and will be billed for any damage caused by them during their stay.

Overnight and Extended Stay Guests

The Warehouse is a single occupancy facility. Although we do allow overnight guests according to the policy outlined below, the heads of house may at any time decide to limit the number of overnight guests or the number of nights per visit for any resident.

You may not have overnight guests for more than three (3) nights in any given week without permission from the Heads of House or Building Manager (see below for more information).

Guests may not stay overnight in a Warehouse apartment unless the resident is present. Violation of this rule constitutes subletting, which is expressly forbidden and which may result in the termination of the resident's license agreement.

A resident is required to obtain the permission of the Heads of House or Building Manager anytime the guest stay is longer than three (3) days. Permission must be requested by sending an email to the Heads of House wh-headsofhouse@mit.edu OR the building manager bcward@mit.edumore than 48 hours in advance of the first night of the stay. Requests can be made for a maximum of seven (7) additional days.

During the time that an extended stay has been granted, that guest will, after presenting their identification to the front desk, be escorted to the door that leads to the Warehouse apartments. However, Warehouse staff will not provide entry to the resident’s actual apartment (i.e. by unlocking the resident’s apartment door).